A paper company needs to ship paper to a large printing business. The paper will be shipped in small boxes and large boxes. The volume of each small box is 8 cubic feet and the volume of each large box is 23 cubic feet. There were 2 more small boxes shipped than large boxes and the total volume of all boxes was 171 cubic feet. Determine the number of small boxes shipped and the number of large boxes shipped.

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mathhelper · Answer

number of large boxes --- x number of small boxes = x+2 23x + 8(x+2) = 171 solve for x to unravel the mysteries of the boxes.

Matthew Lopez · Answer

A paper company needs to ship paper to a large printing business. The paper will be shipped in small boxes and large boxes. Each small box of paper weighs 50 pounds and each large box of paper weighs 80 pounds. A total of 19 boxes of paper were shipped weighing 1280 pounds altogether. Determine the number of small boxes shipped and the number of large boxes shipped.